Broadcast ownership rules that limit foreign ownership of commercial South African broadcasters to 20% may be amended.
Browsing: Canal+
French broadcaster Canal+ could eventually invest $300-million in PCCW-owned streaming platform Viu.
Canal+ has increased its stake in MultiChoice to 31.7%, taking it closer to a potential mandatory offer to other shareholders.
Canal+ has agreed to buy a significant minority stake in Hong Kong-listed PCCW’s Viu unit.
Groupe Canal+ has again increased its stake in MultiChoice, acquiring more than 30% of its, according to a regulatory filing.
France’s Canal+, which has steadily been buying shares in MultiChoice Group since 2020, has now significantly increased its stake.
France’s Groupe Canal+ has again increased its stake in MultiChoice Group, taking its position in the South African broadcaster to 20.1%.
Groupe Canal+, the pay-television operator owned by French media conglomerate Vivendi, has again increased its stake in DStv parent MultiChoice Group.
MultiChoice Group chief financial officer Tim Jacobs has said in an interview with TechCentral that the pay-television broadcaster will “keep an open mind” to any approach by France’s Canal+.
MultiChoice Group disclosed on Thursday that French pay-television giant Groupe Canal+ has continued buying up its shares, so much so that its stake has doubled to 12% in the past month.